Velocity dispersion profiles ofN-body simulations |
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| Authors: | Mitchell F Struble |
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| Institution: | (1) Dept of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | The time evolution of the velocity dispersion as a function of radius, called  v-profiles, of threeN-body simulations of Wielen are presented in units ofr/R
G (whereR
G is the gravitational or virial radius) and discussed as a function of mass sample. The evolution of the radial and tangential components of the velocity dispersion is discussed, and each v-profile is fitted to a simple power law in the halo (0.15 r/R
G2.0). Several structural features appear at late time intervals: (a) an upturn in the radial component of v which occurs in a decreasing shell (closer to the core) in time, (b) the v-profile of the massive particles mimics that of the total sample, since equipartition of kinetic energy does not obtain, and (c) a local minimum atr 0.3–0.5R
G appears in one model which coincides with the local minimum in the number density profiles and possibly with feature (a).The line-of-sight v-profile, called LS-profile, of each model as a function of time and mass sample are also presented and discussed. They contain the same structural features as the v-profiles. Projection factors at small radii are also discussed. The LS-profiles of the models can be compared with the observed velocity dispersion profiles of clusters of galaxies in Struble (1979a). |
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